Fourche Maline (Oklahoma stream)
Fourche Maline (pronounced foosh-ma-lean) (Bad Fork, French) is a Script error: No such module "convert".[1] tributary of the Poteau River in Oklahoma.Template:Efn The headwaters of Fourche Maline are in the Sans Bois Mountains in northwest Latimer County. It flows southwestward through Robbers Cave State Park, then southeastward past Wilburton before turning eastward until it reaches the Poteau River in Le Flore County. Fourche Maline's confluence with the Poteau River is now submerged in Lake Wister, about Script error: No such module "convert". south of the confluence. The distance from origin to confluence is about Script error: No such module "convert".[2] Oklahoma Historian Muriel Wright translated the French name as meaning "treacherous fork" in English.[3] During the days of the Indian Territory, Fourche Maline served as the boundary between Skullyville County and Sugar Loaf County, two of the constituent counties making up the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.
Fishing
Fourche Maline is habitat for the following species of fish:walleye, bream, bluegill, catfish, smallmouth bass, carp and rainbow trout. According to the Hook and Bullet source, the stream is about Script error: No such module "convert". from Wister.[4]
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Notes
References
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Template:Webarchive, accessed June 3, 2011
- ↑ Wister Lake O & M Program, Poteau River: Environmental Impact Statement. June 2002. p. 3. Accessed November 15, 2016.
- ↑ Wright, Muriel. "Some Geographic Names of French Origin in Oklahoma." Chronicles of Oklahoma. Vol. 7, No. 2, June 1929. Template:Webarchive Accessed November 14, 2016.
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- ↑ a b "Oklahoma Trout Fishing." Trotter.com. Accessed November 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Warm Water Delays Trout Stocking at 2 Seasonal Sites." Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. October 26, 2016. Accessed November 16, 2016.
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External links
- Headwaters of Fourche Maline-Map from TopoQuest (accessed June 29, 2008).
- Mouth of Fourche Maline-Map from TopoQuest (accessed June 29, 2008).
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